Introduction
critic Reviews
, 81% Fresh Tomatometer Score- Although it's best suited for viewers who are already fans of the filmmakers' work, Introduction offers thought-provoking observations on the human condition.
- , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJenny NulfAustin Chronicle
Introduction feels like a mediation on how time chips away at first impressions: What started as something beautiful and simple can become complicated, unattainable, and hard to hold on to.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKathleen SachsChicago Reader
There's very little substance, with only a meager bit of exposition providing any kind of throughline, yet the film confounds in its modest ambitions.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJustin ChangLos Angeles Times
Another of the writer-director's sharp, elegant miniatures.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreA.O. ScottNew York Times
It's a taste worth acquiring.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRichard BrodyNew Yorker
The battle of the generations is fought passive-aggressively in this spare, wry, yet bitter drama by Hong Sangsoo.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreDavid EhrlichindieWire
Slight and discursive even by the filmmaker's idiosyncratic standards, "Introduction" refuses to auto-correct for anyone who doesn't already speak conversational Hong.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJoel CoplingSpectrum Culture
Simply a series of gatherings, which lead to conversations, which in turn lead to a gentle revelation about its central character.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreSteph GreenWeLoveCinema
Even die-hard fans of the idiosyncratic South Korean auteur are likely to find this slight and sluggish film patience-testing.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRobert HortonThe Scarecrow
Enough cigarettes burned in the film to fill a three-hour epic.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJon DieringerScreen Slate
Hong's films are seemingly guided by the faith that ... discomfort can ripen with comic pleasure and, if you look hard enough, shiver with the profound.
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